Honorary Col. Quinn Cogan sits in the cockpit of an attack aircraft on Dec. 3, in the hangar on Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. Cogan was given a tour of the facility and made a fighter pilot for a day in conjunction with Sporting Kansas City’s Victory Project. The project is designed to help children battling cancer.
(U.S. Air Force/Bob Jennings)
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